- Date Of Birth: November 28, 1931
- Date Of Death: September 28, 2010
- State: Arizona
Betty L. Smith went to Christ eternal care on Tuesday, September 28, 2010 at the caring Olivia White Hospice Home in Flagstaff. She had been struggling with ALS complications for seven months. She was born near Roseland, Arkansas on November 28, 1931, to James and Yonnie Harris.
She graduated from Manilla High Scholl and attended Arkansas State University for one year. She married in 1951 and had two children Cecelia Rae Newell in Peoria, AZ and Timothy Ferrell Lewis (Susan) now in Minneola, Texas.
Betty moved to Phoenix in 1972 and worked at the Christown First National Bank and later in the business office of Bill Johnson’s Restaurants until her early retirement in 1989. She married Robert I. Smith on Christmas day on 1974 at Mt. Calvary Lutheran church in Phoenix. She was active in choir and hand bells there.
She and Bob started spending summers in Flagstaff in 1989 and had a summer cabin in Kachina Village for many years before selling it and their home in Glendale and permanently retiring to Flagstaff in 2003. Bob had retired from Glendale Community College earlier. They shared many common interest and travel- especially by Amtrak and car. She had great talents sewing doll dresses and making angels with wire.
She was active in Flagstaff at Mt. Calvary Lutheran as a part time secretary, occasional organist, choir member and helped with children’s activities.
Betty is a survived by her husband, children, as well as a brother, two sisters, four grandchildren, and six great-grandchildren all living out of state. She also has three step-sons Paul (Kris), Eric (Sharon) and Daniel Smith who are all in Arizona. Her parents preceded her in death.
